{"id":228270,"date":"2026-01-03T01:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/creating-cells-that-help-the-brain-keep-its-cool"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:17:33","slug":"creating-cells-that-help-the-brain-keep-its-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/creating-cells-that-help-the-brain-keep-its-cool","title":{"rendered":"Creating cells that help the brain keep its cool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/creating-cells-that-help-the-brain-keep-its-cool2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain\u2019s support cells into parvalbumin-positive cells. These cells act as the brain\u2019s rapid-braking system and are significantly involved in schizophrenia, epilepsy and other neurological conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Parvalbumin cells play a central role in keeping brain activity in equilibrium. They control <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2025-06-inhibition-spatial-memory-formation.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\">nerve cell signaling<\/a>, reduce overactivity and make sure that the brain is working to a rhythm. Researchers sometimes describe them as the cells that \u201cmake the brain sound right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When these cells malfunction or decrease in number, the balance of the brain is disrupted. Previous studies suggest that <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2022-03-redefine-mechanisms-dravet-syndrome.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\">damaged parvalbumin cells<\/a> may contribute to disorders such as schizophrenia and epilepsy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain\u2019s support cells into parvalbumin-positive cells. These cells act as the brain\u2019s rapid-braking system and are significantly involved in schizophrenia, epilepsy and other neurological conditions. Parvalbumin cells play a central role in keeping brain activity in equilibrium. They [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}